Outdoor clothes bar



Sept. 16, 1952 J. STANTON 2,610,742

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This invention relates to new and useful improvementsin clothes supporting bars, and more particularly to the resilient clamping means associated with the bars and the means for supporting the bars.

The primary object of this invention is to support clothing in a manner most conducive to the drying of the same, and with the possibility of the clothing being carried away by the win-d reduced toa minimum.

Another important object of this invention is to enable a person to dispose a large number of articles of clothing in a relatively small space with the articles being spaced from each other for rapid drying.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device capable of realizing the foregoing objects, to which clothing or the like may be readily secured without the agency of clothes pins or the like.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of this character which may be movably mounted for translating. clothing to desired positions.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a device of this character to "which clothing may be secured without necessitating that the same be doubled over the device as is customary in utilizing conventional clothes lines.

A meritorious feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a pair of resilient strips which are secured together at spaced positions, with the resilient strips being spaced intermediate the positions and gently converging to areas of engagement. Another important feature of the present invention resides in the means provided forpivotally securing the clothes bars to an upstanding pivot post in one form of the invention.

Still another important feature of the present invention resides in the clothes bars being formed to constitute links of a chain in an-- other form of the invention, and the sprocket provided for engaging the chain.

A final important feature to be specifically enumerated herein resides in the simplicity of the clothes bars construction and the economy with which they may be manufactured.

These, together with various ancillary features and objects of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the present invention, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

5Claims. (Grail-+89) Figure l is a side elevational view of a plurality'of clothes bars constructed in conformity with-the principles of this invention, showing the same pivoted toa pivot post, and indicating clothing in dotted outline supported upon the lowermost clothes bar:

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the construction shown in Figure 1, certain concealed portions being indicated in dotted outline;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one'of the clothes bars shown in Figure l; and

Figure 4 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view of the inner portion of one of the clothes bars shown in Figure 1.

Reference is now made more specifically to the accompanying drawings, wherein like numerals designate similar parts throughout the various views, and in which attention is first directed to the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 through 4. I

Indicated generally at H! is a clothes bar or clothing gripping member which is enlarged at one end to form a block I! and has extendin therefrom a pair of resilient strips or arms [4 and I6 which are of substantially greater width than thickness as clearly seen in Figure 3. At spaced intervals the strips l4 and I6 are rigidly secured together as by fasteners l8 with the broad faces of the strips being in contact. As best shown in Figures 2 and 3, the strips l4 and t6 are in engagement adjacent the enlarged end I! as at 20 and upon opposite sides of the fasteners I8 asat 22.

Intermediate the enlarged portion l2 and the fastener I8 immediately adjacent thereto and between adjacent fasteners 18, the strips [4 and l6 are spaced from each other as at 24, the arrangement being such that the strips gently diverge from each other at an acute angle from the areas of engagement 20 and 22 to form the spaced portions 24. V

The strips [4 and I6 adjacent their outer ends are beveled outwardly to define a clothing receiving notch 25 therebetween. As thus far described, it will be readily apparent that clothing as indicated in dotted outline at 21 in Figure 1 maybe readily gripped or clamped at spaced intervals between the resilient strips I 4 and [6 throughout the length of the same, and that the entry of clothing therebetween is greatly facilitated by the spaced portions 24 of the strips and the notch 26.

The enlarged portion I2 is provided with rivets vided with a central aperture 30 for receiving a pivot post 32. The pivot post 32 is connected between the legs 34 of a U-shaped bracket, the web portion 36 thereof being suitably secured to the supporting structure 38, as clearly shown in Figure 1. A plurality of gripping members I are disposed in spaced relation on the pivot posts 32, the gripping members'being retained in spaced relation by suitably apertured spacing members 40. It will be readily appreciated that the gripping members are free to swing about the post 32 as a pivot so as to be selectively disposed in a number of angularly inclined vertical planes for I maximum economy of space for drying clothes.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood and further explanation is believed to be unnecessary,

However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art after a consideration of the foregoing specification and accompanying drawings, it is not desired to limit the invention to theexact construction shown and'described, but all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A clothing supporting device comprising a supporting block, said block having a pair of integral resilient arms projecting in parallel relation therefrom, each of saidarms being of substantially greater width than thickness, said arms being fixedly secured to each other at a position remote from the block with the broad faces of the arms being in engagement at the remote position and also at a second position intermediate the block and the remote position as well as a substantial portion of the distance between the positions, said arms being spaced from each other intermediate said positions by being divergent from one of said positions and thence convergent toward the other position, and said block having apivot bore therethrough for receiving a supporting pivot. 1 V V r 2. A clothing supporting device comprising a supporting block, said block having a pair oi in tegral resilient arms projecting in parallel relation therefrom, each of said arms being of substantially greater width than thickness, said arms being fixedly secured to each other at a position remote from the block with the broad faces of the arms being in engagement at the remote position and also at a second position adjacent the juncture of the block and the arms as well as a substantial portion of the distance between the positions, means for reinforcing the block against splitting along the plane of the adjacentifaces of the arms, said arms being spaced from each other intermediate the positions by being divergent from one of said positions and thence convergent toward the other position.

3. A clothing supporting device comprising a supporting block, said block having a pair of integral resilient arms projecting in paralllrelation therefrom, each of said arms being of substantially greater width than thickness, said arms being fixedly secured to each otherat a position remote from the block with the broad faces of 4 the arms being in engagement at the remote position and also at a second position intermediate the block and the remote position as well as a substantial portion of the distance between the positions, said arms being spaced from each other intermediate said positions by being divergent from one of said positions and thence convergent toward the other position, the end portions of the arms remote from the block being gently divergent from the block and terminating in spaced extremities.

4. A device for gripping and supporting cloth ing comprising, a plurality of clothing gripping members, each of said members comprising a pair of elongated resilient strips, each of said strips being of substantially greater width than thickness, said strips being disposed substantially parallel to each other and securely fastened together at spaced positions with the broad faces of said strips being in engagement at said positions and for a substantial portion of the distance between the positions, said-stripsbeing spaced from each other intermediate-said positions by being divergent from' one of said positions and thence convergent towards the other position, and a common means for movably supporting said gripping members, said means including each of said gripping meinbers having an enlarged portion at one end having a pivot bore, and a pivot post extending through said bores, the strips at the other end of each of said gripping members being inwardly beveled to define a wedge shaped space between the strips.

5. 'A' clothing supporting device comprising a supporting block, said block including a pair of integral, resilient arms projecting in parallel relation therefrom, said arms having opposing fiat, walls abutting each other substantially throughout the length of said arms, securing means securing said opposing fiat walls to each other at longitudinally spaced positions throughout their length, portions of said walls between said securing means being spaced apart from each other to define clothing supporting passages therebetween, said arms being spaced apart by being divergent from one-o1 "said "securing means and thence convergent toward' the adjacent securing means. v

'JOHN STANTON.

REFERENCES CITED The followingreferences are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Great Britain 1- Apr. 27, 1938 

